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The following is a video transcript. Purchasing a gun for the first time can be intimidating. Let’s discuss the process of purchasing a firearm and the three most common mistakes that are made when purchasing a gun for the first time. So, you’ve decided which gun you want to buy and are heading to the... [Read More]

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  Recently, a small start-up company, SlideFire, decided to test the 1986 Firearm Owners Protection Act that made it illegal to manufacture an automatic weapon after May 19, 1986 (with an exception for samples manufactured for dealers, military, and police agencies). The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is charged with the responsibility of... [Read More]

The post ATF SAYS “NO-GO” ON AUTOGLOVE DEVICE appeared first on U.S. & Texas LawShield.

  If you plan to make a gift of a firearm to a family member, close friend, or relative this season, there are right ways to do that — and some very wrong ways to transfer firearms to loved ones, say Texas & U.S. Law Shield Independent Program Attorneys. Ownership of a firearm has serious... [Read More]

The post Giving Guns as Gifts: Doing It Right appeared first on U.S. & Texas LawShield.

As several states have approved marijuana for medicinal or recreational use, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has decided to tweak its Form 4473 to address this matter. Form 4473 is the form that must be filled out when a person purchases a firearm from a Federal Firearms License (FFL) holder (such as... [Read More]

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Gun enthusiasts and hobbyists have long been building their own firearms by purchasing lower receivers or kits and other parts needed to assemble a firearm. The lower receiver is a small block of metal about the size of a deck of cards where the trigger mechanism is housed and where bullets pass through. A gun... [Read More]

The post Untraceable “Ghost Guns” On the Rise, But Are They Legal? appeared first on U.S. & Texas LawShield.

  Over the past three years, the number of guns reported stolen in Georgia has trended upward according to figures from the Atlanta office of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). The ATF released data obtained from the National Crime Information Center showing that in 2013, the number of reported stolen... [Read More]

The post Stolen Guns on the Rise in Georgia — ATF Responds With a Phone App appeared first on U.S. & Texas LawShield.

We’ve seen the news reports about how most of the guns recovered from crimes in the U.S. can be traced back to a small percentage of gun dealers. An ATF study revealed that 57 percent of crime guns were traced back to just 1.2 percent of the FFLs. One such bad apple was Badger Guns,... [Read More]

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